Before announcing the next PhotoRumors giveaway, a quick update on the Olympus saga: “An investigative panel has found Japan’s disgraced Olympus Corp hid up to $1.67 billion in losses from its investors, but is likely to say there is no evidence of involvement by organized crime in the cover-up, a source said Monday.” Via Reuters
According to Christian Sorega, who initially broke the news about the New Ricoh 16MP 24-85mm GXR unit, the aperture of the new lens will be f/3.5-5.5: “As you can see in the above image it will feature a Sony 16 MP sensor and have a 24-85mm zoom with a f3.5-5.5 aperture and the lens will […]
Samsung NX20 is listed again on the company’s Global Download Centre. The new camera will be announced during the PMA in January 2012. I expect the Samsung NX1 to be announced later in 2012.
Sigma announced a new 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC HSM lens for Sony and Pentax DSLR cameras. The old 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM lens ($669) will be discontinued. Specification (for Sony mount): Lens Construction:17 Elements in 13 Groups Angle of View:79.7-31.7 degrees *Number of blades: 7 pcs (Rounded diaphragm) Minimum Aperture: f/22 Minimum Focusing Distance: […]
After the Pentax K-r body was listed as discontinued at B&H, today Pentax Japan officially confirmed on Twitter that orders for the K-r will not be accepted after December 9, 2011. It will be interesting to see if Pentax (now owned by Ricoh) will release a replacement during the PMA show in early January 2012. Currently all Pentax K-r versions […]
Patent 2011242520 from Olympus describes several different wide angle lenses: 8mm f/3.5 fisheye, 12mm f/1.8, 12mm f/2.8, 10mm f/2.8 and 12mm f/2.0:
Here are the top 10 most visited PhotoRumors posts for November 2011 (7 of them are Fuji related): Fuji LX mirrorless interchangeable lens camera leaked *UPDATED*. More details on the Fuji LX10 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. Major camera manufacturer using Internet trolls to promote their own products. New Canon EOS C DSLR camera under development. […]
Today Reuters and AP reported that Olympus may have to sell off its camera division in order to survive as a company (Olympus consists of several different divisions). This should not be a surprise since the company’s stock got hammered in the past few weeks as a result of a fraud scandal. The more interesting question […]
Similar to the Leica i9 concept and the WVIL hoax, this Apple iCam concept created by Antonio DeRosa uses the iPhone as the core for a mirrorless camera system:
We have not heard any updates on the rumored digital rangefinder from Zeiss in a while. Recently Zeissrumors published this email where a company representative clearly states that there are no plans for a new camera in the near future: “Thank you for your inquiry to Carl Zeiss. As a specialist for high performance lenses, we will continue […]
